[Closed] Minimal Trail Running Shoes

Can anyone recommend any minimal trail running shoes? I'm keen to give them a go off-road, but all the reviews of the Merrells and New Balances say they're either crap in mud or painful over rocks. Are there any out there with decent grip AND protection?

...or if you don't want to make a recommendation, feel free to emphasise your moral superiority by pontificating that minimal running is the emperor's new clothes, I've been taken in by marketing, and how you used to run 10 mile cross-countries in pumps.